Red Alert: Heavy Rainfall Expected in Four Districts of Uttarakhand

&NewLine;<p>August 10&comma; 2023 – The Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in four districts of Uttarakhand&period; According to Vikram Singh&comma; the Director of the Meteorological Department&comma; Nainital&comma; Champawat&comma; Udham Singh Nagar&comma; and Pauri are likely to experience heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>There is a possibility of heavy rainfall in Dehradun&comma; Tehri&comma; Almora&comma; Pithoragarh&comma; and Bageshwar as well&period; Additionally&comma; there is a risk of strong winds and storms lasting three to four hours during the rain&period; People living near rivers are advised to remain cautious until August 15&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">All Schools in Five Districts to Remain Closed Tomorrow<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Taking the Meteorological Department&&num;8217&semi;s rainfall alert into account&comma; all schools in Champawat&comma; Bageshwar&comma; Pauri&comma; Nainital&comma; and Chamoli districts have been declared closed on August 10&period; As per the weather forecast issued by the Meteorological Department&comma; heavy rainfall along with lightning is anticipated in Chamoli district on Wednesday&period; In light of this&comma; all government&comma; non-government&comma; and private schools &lpar;from class one to twelve&rpar; as well as anganwadi centers have been given a holiday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">225 Roads Still Closed in the State Due to Natural Disasters<&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Amid the ongoing natural calamities in the state&comma; 225 roads remain closed till Wednesday&period; These include two national highways&comma; 13 state highways&comma; motor roads connecting eight districts&comma; four external motor routes&comma; and roads of 89 villages&period; Furthermore&comma; 109 village roads constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana are also closed&period; Efforts are being made by the government to reopen these roads&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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